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??t? ^tmpaptt in ^oi??j (tartina VOL. 79. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1914 . NO. 33. GOOD ROADS. Mr. C D. Miras Suggests Plan For Raising Funds For Building New Public Roads. Editor The Advertiser: Jost a ^j>w words. In ? recent issue of he Chronicle I widely outlined a ^system of county government, look irg to the improvement of the pub lic i?ighways in- Edgefield. county, which will no ^?oubt causea great hmany of our peopie to wonder where and how could,--, we' "raise tTie money tv.carry out this.new-system? Well, '..lot's sue. LeiVfig^^'and reason a lilt?e on proposition. I firmly believe .that the' cash-books of the o$' Kdge?eld 'dispensary will show I up th'aVmrseraMe.--old' institution to * haves wallowed'IH> ? ?50,000 of the money of our people per annum. I 'Bat we; will come down and sup ? pose that- t his - enormous sum. was thrown away ..-by. 50 per cent or one \ half of . the-"' people ..(that is to say wir mer folks) and-is forever gone .without any material or moral ben efit arising therefrom to any one, except the crumbs that went to the schools, thc? M-u-n-i-o-i-p-a-l-i-t-i-e-s. ai:d- county. Nov/, I believe that when the wihole people can be., brought to un derstand and see a change for the better and that the money for the improvement of the public roads is being wisely and well spent, there ill.be but little opposition- to the eans sought to raising a fund for he lasting improvement of the cads. A tax of 50 cents on the mndred dollars of real, and per nal property, 50 cents per. rated tfrse power on automobiles and all If propelled vehicles, and 50 cents )er horse on all animal drawn ye-; deles will raise say, ?40,000 in this :ounty. To this the TL S. Govern ent will add $20,000, making a tal of $60*000 per annum. Andi id y improved highway* conser tive estimates show an increase ! 1 nation of the property equal to uble the cost of the roads. What ould this mean for old-Edgefield? o&l your breath, $120,000,. cut in half, and the hair on your would push off your hat. (Just: t me relight my pipe.) The foregoing may seem to some j you as an enormous proposition, it it is in no wise out of proportion the real and burning necessities our county, and we can accora ish our aim iu this just las we ve in raising a special fund to I ild good and suitable school build and educate our children. b*at we need and must have first, a change from the poor to a good d practical law to guide u?. The ?aking of the earth under com te direction to encourage us, we would soon be building enty miles of fine roads each year, e great Mr. Charles H. Spur seid, "I can't, never puiled the out of the ditch, but 1 will, has ieved wonders." And those of who hoot, scoff and express, "oh, can't be done" are only con-fl utiug to that class of facts which timas Ward, says "Ain't So." r public roads are not subject to pc ration greed nor private con 8, they belong to all of us, and a duty we owe to our country, ^people and our bornes to make permanent and travelable every in the year and to be an attrac and offer inducement, to others desire to come among us and e their homes within our Dor ree of the worst curses to a try are poor laws badly ad m i ti ed, impassable highways, and romi.-cuous and ungarded con pion of mean liquor, but thanks oodness these evils are getting and less as times goes on. I will believe that it was the dained destiny of man to be g and to stay wrong. We are 'y, but surely growing out of il into the better. The nat move is from darkness to dawn. light of encouragement is ing upon us in the struggle to uer the monsters of crime, frwo score years our proud old e has shuddered in the stench of rty wash, but the morning is ning. The jeweled mantle of rmation, will surplant the grar ts of the mire. May we all in and rejoice in the morning be :-so_lden erie of 1915. The p of state is to be launched School Improvement Association Entertainment. On Friday evening; at the College Auditorium the mothers and fathers and the children enjoyed a very de lightful occasion. Then was such a good time for the parents, because the children had prepared such a pleasant surprise. They enter tained us with a most interesting programme, when all the nations of the world arrayed in their own cos tumes were there to sing and speak about the customs of their own countries, and the choruses made all the mothers and fathers so happy and joyful that they forgot about the gloomy weather on the outside and the empty pocket books, an! feel so thankful that they had the best gifts in the world in the pos session of their little children. And when we had been royally enter tained by their songs and speeches, they actually gave us'a Christmas tree all decorated just like we used to have when we were little children, and. they had made presents with their own little hands, and mothers and fathers and grand-mothers were all so thoughtfully remembered, that we were just as happy as we had ever been on a Christinas tide. The older children and High School girls and boys, had a box party, and ?here were dozens of beautiful boxes full of the nicest things to eat,' which were bought at auction by the young gentlemen, and then en joyed together as they partook of it in lieu of their evening meal. Mr. Wad Allen acted most successfully as auctioneer. A nice lktle sum was realized for the work of the School Improvement Association. The teachers are to be highly commended for this splendid enter tainment. j D. A. R. Meeting. j One of the plcasantestT'raeetiogs : of the Daughters of / the American Revolution yet held . wvS the ono I vh;u'h~m^i^ jj. B. Hollingsworth on Tuesday af ternoon of last week. A very credi table number of members were present and some visitors. Mrs. Woodson. regent of the chapter, was present, and presided. Miss Gladys Chappell and Mrs. Fanni3 Tompkins were elected delegates to I the Continental congress at Wash ington in -April. The constitution and by-laws were read and other matters of business attended to. At the close of the business pro gram, Miss Sarah Collett, historian, took charge of the program, and Miss Miriam Norris sang ^Colum bia, the gem of the ocean." Splen did paper were prepared by Mrs. B. E. Nicholson on "South Caroli na's part in the Revolution," read by Mrs. Tillman, and "South Caro lina educationally, financially and politically before the Revolution" prepared by Mrs. YV\ C. Tomp kins, read by Mrs. J. L. Mi ms. Miss Florence Mims recited a se lection from "Timrod's South Caro lina," the subject of the meeting hav ing been "South Carolina." At the close of the program Miss Anna Hollingsworth and Misses Charlotte and Mary Strother very graciously served the chapter with a most tempting salad course, coflhe and whipped cream and a second course of nut jelly and cake. The guests departed reluctantly having enjoyed a delightful after noon with Mrs. Hollingsworth. Due to the fact that I am acent for the Ford car, and having all repair parts in stock and a first class mechanic, can alford to do first-class livery cheap. Edgefield Auto Repair Shop. anew, laden with our destines for good or bad as directed by the cap tains at the helm. The results of our year's toil may be less than heretofore, but the supply is ample that none should go hungry or un clad. And let us not forget the homeless widows, the orphans and the bleeding soldiers on the battle field of war-blighted Europe. Finally: .We should begin the new year with the determined purpose and a reso lution to contribute our full share to the financial improvement of our country, and the moral and social progress of our people, for we will always find enough people to do all the tearing down that is necessary and more too. Respectfully, G. D. Mims. Clark's Hill, S. C. JOHNSTON LETTER. Elegant Reception Given Honor of Bride and Groom Mrs. Walker Entertain ed Chapter. All social interest of 2 the p: week centered in the elegant rece lion erivon OH Saturday afternoon the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. > Crouch, in compliment to the fi Young bride of their son, Mr. E; .Thrington. Crouch, this hap young couple having recently r turned from their honeymoon 'Florida. 'Phis home was anide place for such a brilliant affair, ai ilie lower floor was ensuite, and ? was beauty and happiness. T decorations were of the-Christin .'.son, and cluster of Christin bells seemed to be pealing for j .yousiv and Christmas garlam and rel berried holly were lavish used. 100 . invitations wore issu< Mid the matrons came from 4 ?:30 and the yonng ladies, 4:30 ;Y o'clock. At the front entran Mrs. L"on Stans'ell welcomed a ami .Mrs. Carl Richards e cort* them to the parlor, to greet tho; rh the receiving line who were Mr 0?vinylon S. VV?rtz, grandmoth of the groom, Mrs. H. W. Croud Mrs. E. Owington Crouch, Misti Elise and Annie" Crouch and Gladj Sawyer. The bride were a lovel creation of sea green cobweb chiffc embroidered in gold designs, ove green.messaline, and was very elaii ty and sweet. The color scheme c this room was green, with gree lights. The others of the rec^ivin line, and all assisting wore lovel toilets. In the dining room Mrs. M. W Crouch presided, and Misses Pai line Lewis, Isabel Bean and Elbe ta Bland served block cream in ree green and whitey and fruit an pound cake. Mis? ida- Sat?jver rvir ;fce'i oii^ trie' favors '. of Christina bells. The color scheme in here wa red and the table was beautiful covered in a cluny lace cloth ove red and garlands of red tulle cam from the electrolier to the fourre shaded tapers tiny red bells outlir ing the tulle. A tall cu teri ass vase o crimson carnations was the centet piece. Mrs. J. W. Marsh invited th guests from here to the presen room, where an elegant display wa seen of cutglass, china, silver an< hand embroidered licen. Tb? groom's parents gave a handsonv chest of silver. Mrs. James Whiti had charge of this room and escort ed each one to the library, aftei they had viewed the gifts. In hen delightful music was listened tc while sipping the fragrant coffei with cheese crackers, offered lv\ Misses Maud Sawyer and Pet La Grone. Mesdames J. L. Walker ant H. ?. Grant poured coffee from ? beautifully appointed table. All wai so pleasant in here that the guest! lingered, loath to take their depart ure from so happy a scene. It transpired that this date was the 25th anniversary of the mar riage of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Crouch, but to look upon this beau tiful matron as she stood among hei guests one could scarcely believe that so many years had passed since she plighted her troth. The collection of the various classes of the Baptist Sunday school on the past Sunday were to go.tc the old preacher's fund, and when the secretary read the report aboui ?25 had. been given for this good cause. Miss Pet LaGroneentertained the Kill Kare club on Thursday after noon, the chief diversion bein? pro gressive cards. Mrs. Leon Stansall was presented with the prize,a piece of hand embroidery. A salad ecurse was served after the game. Mrs. E. 0. Crouch was the guest of honor. The Emily Geiger chapter, D. A, R. held the December meeting on Monday afternoon in the home ol Mrs. J. L. Walker, the chief feat' ure being the report of the recent conference held in Roek Hill, giv en by Madames E. R. Mooley and J. H. White The subject for the afternoon was the Women of the colonial period," and Mrs. William Scott gave a very interesting paper on this theme. She was assisted by Mesdames P. N. Keesee, and E. M. Walker and Misses Orlena Cart ledge, Pet LaGrone, Josephine Mob ley, and Marion Mobley in serving an elaborate two course repast. U. Hold Public Meet ing. At'l&g&nt meeting of the Wo man's^jiistian Temperance Union, it was\j?ecided that once during each f^Vter, a public meeting would h; held at one of the church es in E -gefield, to be in charge of the metters-of the W. C. T. TX. in the-?t?^M}ot?ve churches and their pastor<;;x?2se meetings to be educa tional ;^beir nature. The ist of these meetings was he.d ottj^Sunday afternoon at the Method.^.' church beginning al 3:?U ?'?ijt?vk. The subject chosen for thin^'i?as?on was ''Alcohol in the praise of medicine." Prompt ly at 3:.'V':-?o'eloek. Rev. E.G. Bailey opimedy^^'devotional service, the triusic'b'^%. taken from the Tem perance^iingsler. Dr. R. C. Ham mond .?.^'ir.gini?in, an M. I)., and also a ri'.lister of the Met hod is! churchbeen invited to* speak, having,:?i^he over from Aiken in i his var. li[< made a very impressive ! ad(iress;-^irhjs own experiences as a physician"and gave very logical reasons f< f the banishment of alco hoi from :;ie medicine chest, quoting from rrxf??i eminent authorities both and scientists. The lpcal ?(J; afc the conclusion of the'sef^?'I;-were given an expres sion of thanks for having given the public;1^^p1easure of hearing Dr. Hammp???A collection was taken for the $o{k of the union. j phvsicii ~--"7 Prayer Service. Ile v. j| Jv. Walker has arranged to !lo1ctj^|j??n prayer meeting at the M?tSddist church Thursday night D^'linber 31. All-of the oth er congi feiitions in town have been invited M attend and participate through4>??e representative of their church.: Hr. :. 'Shannonhouse will make ? tai}.' for his church, Mr. Bailey ?Sw ' ^.-.Presbyterian, church j make a talk for the 'Baptist church. All of the singers in the other churches are jequeated to attend and take part m the singing. The holding of tb.hj union prayer service on the last night of the year is a splendid idea, and we are sure that all of thc churches of the town will enter heartily into thc meeting, making a pleasant and profitable oc casion. During the service an offer ing will be taken for the Belgium sufferers and will be sent through Groy. J. C. Sheppard for that pur pose. ! Home Coming of the School Girls and Boys. j Our town is obliged to be gay for ? Christmas. So many voung people j at home agxinfor the holidays and j ; to shed the light of their beaming! : countenances on our otherwise j gloomv atmosphere. Fi om the G. F. C. comes Miss; Gladys Padgett; Winthrop, Mis? I Catherine Minis* Hollins, Miss Heb ?en Tillman; Converse, Miss Nelle ; Tones: Col lege for Women, Colum- . j bia, Miss June.Jfcainsford; Citicorp, ! I Misses Lillie Adams and Marion i ? Bailey; Coker, Miss Florence Peak; | j Clemson, Irvin and Elliott Padgett; j Wofford, Gill ' Dunovant, James Hart, John Mims and Gus Tomp kins; B. M. I. Rainsford Canteh-u j and Egbert Morgan; The Citadel, i Francis Sheppard. Presbyterian Bazaar. The ladies of the Presbyterian church have institutionalized the Bazaar in Edgefield. and the town expects and loo^s forward with pleasure to. th is occasion, so -near the Christmas holidays, and so fraught with splendid opportunity to buy the most beautiful, useful and reasonably priced Christmas presents. Friday afternoon over the old Chronicle building this an nual Bazaar was held and was one of the most successful of the years. So industrious had the ladies of this church been, that the articles pro vided by one of them alone would have furnished a small Bazaar. Besides the beautiful and useful articles of all kind made by hand, there were oysters and every varie ty of good things to eat for which these ladies have already become so faraoua that no;amount of crying of hard times and calamity howling could keep the people away, and the very substantial sum of $00.00 was realized for payments on the Presbyterian Manse. These good ladies are to be congratulated. HAMBURG RIOT. Graphic and Accurate Account of The Hamburg Riot in 1876 by Senator B. R. Tillman. Anth?re has ?appr-ared? recen tl y neveral accounts of 'the^Hambnrg riot which contained some un; intentional errors, we publish the following account which has been taken from Senator Tillman's speech at the Red Shirt re-union in Anderson: 'Judge Aldrich told yon last night that, he could tell more about the Hamburg riot than I could be cause he would not have to cri uri nate himself. As for that I have nothing to conceal about the Ham burg riot. I told the ?epublicans in the senao that we had to shoot ne groes to get relief from the galling tyranny tn which we had been sub jected; and while my utterances were used in tie Republican cam paign book for 1000, I think my very boldness and the frankness With whitfh I explained conditions did more to enlighten and disarm the fanatics than anything else I could have said, liven Senator Hoar was so impressed that he became my warm personal friend in his later years. "Because of its potent influence in arousing the white men of the state to their duty I shall giv? you the story of the Hamburg riot in full, not dealing at this time with the two Ned Tennant riots and the Ellenton riot. "The third of these disturbances or riots occurred at Hamburg in July, 1876, and this tragic epieode in the struggle for white suprema cy caused more widespread com ment throughout the north, and ?n?es ? ripon- l??Co ^?iS^m?iLxf people of South Carolina than any thing of the kind which ever occur ed in the state. Congress appointed an investigating committee to take testimony; and the bloody shirt was waved by the northern press and politician from one end of the coun try to the other. The two preceding 1 disturbances of which I will speak 1 hereafter, while causing great ex- 1 citement and uneasiness, had result ed in no bloodshed other than the wounding of two negroes near Dr. MeKie's; but the Hamburg riot eaus?d the death of seven negroes , anl one white man, while two ne groes and another white man were 1 seriously wounded. "The cause of the trouble as in . th . two Ned Tennant riots was the , negro militia. The town of Hara- j burg, opposite the city of Augusta , and thirteen miles below where 1 was born and reared and was then living, had been a prosperous mart ( of trade between 1840 and 1800. At. one tim? it had a population of be tween 3,000 and 4,000 and did an immense business with the South ( Carolina planters. Owing to its j liability to overflow by the Sayan- , nah river it had begun to decline., , and at the lime of which I write it was occupied almost entirely by ne- , groes. The white population con sisted of a few families. The num ber of stores was small. Tue negro population in 1876 probably num bered 1,200 and it had become an harbor of refuge for all of the cow . thieves, coLton thieves, house burn ers, and other types of criminals among the negroes from the sur rounding country. Owing to the fact that the municipal government was composed of negroes, tho town marshal was a negro. Gen. Prince R. Rivers, an ex-union soldier, com: mander of the negro militia, state Senator from Aiken county and Trial Justice, lived there; the ne groes were exceedingly . insolent, and it was dangerous for white men to go through the town unless they were well armed. A negro militia company of about one hundred men had been organized in this lawless den and one Dock Adams was cap tain. On the afternoon of the 4th of July, 1876, this company was drill ing and parading on Main street and as was usual a very large pro portion of the negro population were admiring spectators. Two young men, Hen rv Getzen and Thomas Butler, both of whom liv ed within two miles of the town, returning home from Augusta whither they had been on but?nei", found the streets blockaded by the negro militia company. The militia were marching "Company front" and the line extended from side walk to sidewalk. As the young men approached, driving in the middle of the street, instead of throwing his men into "column of fours" or "column of platoons," or wheeling them out of the way, Dock Adams ?ave the order "Charge!" with a vi ow no doubt ol showing off before the assembled negroes and to compel the young white men to turn their horse around and flee. Rut they were jiot of that kind, and knowing that they bad the right to the highway, as the ap proaching line of leveled bayonets came forward they stopped the bug gy, and reaching for their pistols shouted: "We will shoot the first man who sticks a bayonet in that horse." There were more than one hundred negroes armed with Spring field rifles and gleaming bayonets, and several hundred others looking on. The negroes knew that they could butcher the two white men with great ease, but they felt cer tain one or more of them would be killed before it could be clone. The captain shouted "Halt," and opened the ranks so that the buggy could pass, and in a.little while dismissed his company and went to General Prince Rivers and swore out a war rant, charging Getzen and young Butler with interfering with his aompany at drill. Butler went on home and told his father what had happened, and Mr. Robert Butler, whose plantation lay above Ham burg and who had a great deal of trouble with negro thieves and waa in every way a very pugnacious man, hurried to the sams trial jus tice and swore ont a warrant for Adams for obstructing the high way. The trial was set for the suc ceeding. Saturday. July 8. The inci dent was noised about all over the counties of Edgefield and Aiken in a very little, while, and excited deep "It had been the settled purpose of the leading white men of Edge field to seize the first opportunity that the negroes might offer them to provoke a riot and teach the ne groes a lesson; as it was generally believed that nothing but blood shed and a good deal of it could an swer the purpose of redeeming the state from negro and carpet bag rule. Mr. Robert Butler sent to Edgefield for Gen. M. C. Butler to defend his son and son-in-law and prosecute Adams at the trial. Col. A. P. Butler, the captain of the Sweetwater Sabre Club, summoned our company to meet at Summer Hill, three miles from Hamburg at twelve o'clock. It was our purpose to attend the trial to see that the young men bad protection and, if any oppoitunity offered, to provoke ii iow, and if one did not offer, we were to make one. We did not go in uniform and were expressly or dered to leave our rifles and car bines, so '.hat when assembled we were only armed with pistols. Va rious schemes were presented and discussed but nothing definite was arranged except- that we would go Lo Hamburg in a body at 4 o'clock, the time for the trial, and see what would turn up. The fact, however, lhat we had assembled was made known to Prince Rivers, and when, the company rcaob^d Hamburg we were iuformed that the trial had been postponed; ar.d it appeared for a while that all of our trouble and pains as well as the schemes we had formulated would come to naught. Dock Adams had assem bled his company in the armory over the Sibley building, a two story brick structure on the comer of Main and River streets. GeneraL River? had disappeared from town. 'There was much talking and planning among the leaders, the two Butlers and others of the lead ing citizens. At about 5 o'clock it was decided that the demand should be made of Dock Adams to surrender his guns and notice to. that effect was sent him by Gen. M.. C. Butler. He was told that he hadl shown the militia with guns were- ai menace to peace and good order, and that the whites having lost all patience were resolved to put an end to his outrageous and insolent con duct. When the demand was made he promptly and peremptorily re fused. He was then told that we would take them. When the sun was about half an hour high the little band of white men, number ing about seventy in all, of whom forty-five belonged to the Sweet (Continued on Fifth Page.)